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===1901–present=== *[[1919]] – [[William Halford]], English-American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1841) *[[1920]] – [[Alexander Kolchak]], Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874) * 1920 – [[Charles Langelier]], Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850) *[[1921]] – [[John J. Gardner]], American politician (b. 1845) *[[1937]] – [[Elihu Root]], American lawyer and politician, 38th [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1845) *[[1938]] – [[Harvey Samuel Firestone]], American businessman, founded the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] (b. 1868) *[[1939]] – [[Boris Grigoriev]], Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886) *[[1940]] – [[James McCormick (Irish republican)]], Executed [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite news |last=Lockley |first=Mike |date=25 January 2016 |title=How history forgot IRA bombing of Coventry on the eve of World War II |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/nostalgia/how-history-forgot-ira-bombing-10786106 |work=Coventry Telegraph |location= |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Peter Barnes (Irish republican)]], Executed [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite news |last=MAC DONNCHA |first=MÍCHEÁL |date=7 February 2015 |title=Peter Barnes and James McCormack – Hanged in England, 7 February 1940|url=https://anphoblacht.com/contents/24763 |work=An Phoblacht |location= |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Ivan Bilibin]], Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876) *[[1944]] – [[Lina Cavalieri]], Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874) *[[1959]] – [[Nap Lajoie]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) * 1959 – [[Daniel François Malan]], South African minister and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (b. 1874) * 1959 – [[Guitar Slim]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1926) *[[1960]] – [[Igor Kurchatov]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903) *[[1963]] – [[Learco Guerra]], Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902) *[[1964]] – [[Sofoklis Venizelos]], Greek captain and politician, 133rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1894) *[[1968]] – [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931) *[[1972]] – [[Walter Lang]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1896) *[[1979]] – [[Josef Mengele]], German [[SS]] officer and physician (b. 1911) *[[1986]] – [[Cheikh Anta Diop]], Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923) *[[1990]] – [[Alan Perlis]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1922) * 1990 – [[Alfredo M. Santos]], Filipino general (b. 1905) *[[1991]] – [[Amos Yarkoni]], Israeli colonel (b. 1920) *[[1994]] – [[Witold Lutosławski]], Polish composer and conductor (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-witold-lutoslawski-1392927.html|title=Obituary: Witold Lutoslawski|date=22 October 2011|author=Charles Bodman Rae|website=The Independent|access-date=25 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202115711/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-witold-lutoslawski-1392927.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein of Jordan]] (b. 1935) * 1999 – [[Bobby Troup]], American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1918) *[[2000]] – [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician and politician (b. 1947) *[[2001]] – [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]], American author and pilot (b. 1906) *[[2003]] – [[Augusto Monterroso]], Guatemalan author (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[Atli Dam]], Faroese engineer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (b. 1932) *[[2006]] – [[Princess Durru Shehvar]] of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1914) *[[2009]] – [[Blossom Dearie]], American singer and pianist (b. 1924) *[[2010]] – [[Franco Ballerini]], Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1964) *[[2012]] – [[Harry Keough]], American soccer player and coach (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Harry Keough, member of 1950 US World Cup team that upset England, dead at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/harry-keough-member-of-1950-us-world-cup-team-that-upset-england-dead-at-84/2012/02/07/gIQAg9VhwQ_story.html |date=February 7, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Krsto Papić]], Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933) *[[2014]] – [[Doug Mohns]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/sports/doug-mohns-nhl-player-for-22-seasons-dies-at-80.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0| title=Doug Mohns, N.H.L. All-Star Who Played for 22 Seasons, Dies at 80| newspaper=The New York Times| date=2014-02-13| last1=Weber| first1=Bruce| access-date=2021-01-25| archive-date=2021-02-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201210132/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/sports/doug-mohns-nhl-player-for-22-seasons-dies-at-80.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0| url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Billy Casper]], American golfer (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy Casper: Golfer who won prolifically but who became unfairly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726201951/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2015 – [[Marshall Rosenberg]], American psychologist and author (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Dean Smith]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/carolinas-dean-smith-passes-away-age-83/ |title=Carolina's Dean Smith passes away at age 83 |date=8 February 2015 |publisher=www.unc.edu |access-date=February 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208181518/http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/carolinas-dean-smith-passes-away-age-83/| archive-date=February 8, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 – [[John C. Whitehead]], American banker and politician, 9th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] (b. 1922) *[[2017]] – [[Richard Hatch (actor)|Richard Hatch]], American actor (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| title=Richard Hatch, 'Battlestar Galactica' star, dead at 71| last=Feldman| first=Kate| date=February 7, 2017| access-date=February 7, 2017| archive-date=February 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212150253/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680| url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Hans Rosling]], Swedish academic (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/hans-rosling-ar-dod/|title=Hans Rosling är död – DN.SE|date=7 February 2017|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|access-date=7 February 2017|language=sv-se|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207164859/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/hans-rosling-ar-dod/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Tzvetan Todorov]], Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tzvetan Todorov, essayiste et historien des idées, est mort|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/02/07/l-essayiste-et-historien-des-idees-tzvetan-todorov-est-mort_5076045_3382.html|access-date=February 7, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214122339/http://www.lemonde.fr//disparitions/article/2017/02/07/l-essayiste-et-historien-des-idees-tzvetan-todorov-est-mort_5076045_3382.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[John Dingell]], American politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/political-giant-john-dingell-congressional-legend-dies/2789108002/|title=Political giant John Dingell dies at 92|website=Detroit News|access-date=2019-08-18|archive-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213031622/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/political-giant-john-dingell-congressional-legend-dies/2789108002/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Albert Finney]], English actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304|title=Actor Albert Finney dies aged 82|date=February 8, 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190208141507/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Jan Olszewski]], Polish politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics-olszewski-idUSKCN1PX0Q6|title=Poland's former prime minister Olszewski dies at 88: state TV|date=February 8, 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818163313/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics-olszewski-idUSKCN1PX0Q6|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Frank Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-famer-frank-robinson-mlbs-first-black-manager-dies-at-83/|title=Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, MLB's first black manager, dies at 83|website=CBSSports.com|date=7 February 2019 |access-date=2019-03-09|archive-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213032044/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-famer-frank-robinson-mlbs-first-black-manager-dies-at-83/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Li Wenliang]], Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html|date=6 February 2020|publisher=CNN|access-date=6 February 2020|title=Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207215406/https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html|archive-date=7 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]], Welsh academic and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoskin |first=Rowenna |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2025 – [[Tony Roberts (actor)|Tony Roberts]], American actor and singer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Tony Roberts, a Nonchalant Pal in Woody Allen's Films, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/movies/tony-roberts-dead.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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